XXXX (album)

XXXX
Studio album by You Say Party
Released September 29, 2009
Genre Indie rock/Dance-punk
Length 39:58
Label Paper Bag
Producer Howard Redekopp
You Say Party chronology
Remik's Cube
(2008)		 XXXX
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Pitchfork Media (7.0/10) [2]
NME (8/10)
Artrocker

XXXX is the third full-length album by Canadian dance-punk band You Say Party (formerly You Say Party! We Say Die!), released September 29, 2009. It was the last release featuring the band's original longer name and the last album with drummer Devon Clifford (who died in April 2010) and keyboardist Krista Loewen (who left in June 2010).

In addition to the album's title, the construction XXXX also appears in several of the album's song titles. In every such song, the XXXX represents the word "love".[3] In an interview with CBC Radio 3, the band's vocalist Becky Ninkovic explained that when finalizing the cover art for the band's first EP Dansk Wad, she had wanted to leave a personal "mark of love" on it, and settled on signing it with four small Xs.

The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize.[4]

XXXX won Best Rock Recording at the Western Canadian Music Awards in Oct 2010

Contents

Track listing

  1. "There Is XXXX (Within My Heart)" - 4:39
  2. "Glory" - 2:14
  3. "Dark Days" - 4:46
  4. "Cosmic Wanship Avengers" - 3:32
  5. "Lonely's Lunch" - 4:44
  6. "Make XXXX" - 4:00
  7. "Laura Palmer's Prom" - 4:44
  8. "She's Spoken For" - 3:49
  9. "XXXX/Loyalty" - 3:25
  10. "Heart of Gold" - 4:08

Album Personnel

You Say Party

Additional Personnel

Production

References

  1. ^ Sendra, Tim. "Review: XXXX". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1709382. Retrieved 10 February 2010. 
  2. ^ http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13918-xxxx/
  3. ^ "XXXX keeps You Say Party! We Say Die! together". Georgia Straight, October 8, 2009.
  4. ^ "Blue Rodeo, BSS on Polaris long list". The Globe and Mail, June 17, 2010.